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Timelines and Sort Your Story Presentationhttps://sortyourstory.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/timelines-and-sort-your-story-presentation/
https://sortyourstory.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/timelines-and-sort-your-story-presentation/#respondFri, 03 Jan 2014 14:00:19 +0000http://sortyourstory.wordpress.com/?p=538Timelines are an excellent way to showcase the life’s story of your ancestors. Creating a timeline also allows you to see where the gaps are in your research or where the research doesn’t quite line up correctly. Sometimes we accidentally input a date incorrectly and we don’t see it until we create a timeline or start writing a story.

Unsure how to create timelines that are meaningful? Lorel Kapke, creator of Sort Your Story will be presenting a workshop called Timelines and Sort Your Story: Understanding and Presenting our Family History with new perspective! on Thursday, January 16, Lorel will show you how to view family and historical events that reveals connections and clarifies relationships.

]]>https://sortyourstory.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/timelines-and-sort-your-story-presentation/feed/0sortyourstoryTimelineSort Your Story Backup Dayhttps://sortyourstory.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/sort-your-story-backup-day-27/
https://sortyourstory.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/sort-your-story-backup-day-27/#respondWed, 01 Jan 2014 15:00:41 +0000http://sortyourstory.wordpress.com/?p=491When was the last time you backed up your computer files? These could be music files, work files, photographs, or genealogy files. Have you done it recently? If not, consider backing your files up today and then join the Geneabloggers community the first day of every month which is Data Backup Day! If you subscribe to the Geneabloggers blog, you will be reminded the first of every month to do this important task.

Backing up your files ensures that in the event of a computer crash or virus, fire or flood, that you have another copy of your files. Creating two copies and keeping one off-site, meaning at someone else’s home or your safety deposit box, is also a good idea.

Not only can backing up your files create a safety net in case of an emergency, but it also allows you to go to a previous version of a file in the event you change something and did not intend to save the file that way. It is also a safety net in case you delete a file from your computer and cannot retrieve it because you already emptied your trash.

So remember to schedule a time daily, weekly, or monthly to backup your data. Once you begin to create all the Sort Your Story Profiles, you will not want to lose them.

]]>https://sortyourstory.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/sort-your-story-backup-day-27/feed/0sortyourstorySet Your 2014 Goalshttps://sortyourstory.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/set-your-2014-goals/
https://sortyourstory.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/set-your-2014-goals/#respondTue, 31 Dec 2013 14:00:48 +0000http://sortyourstory.wordpress.com/?p=5282014 is just hours away. Have you set goals for your research and writing in 2014? Need some ideas to help get you going?

Create a research plan for your genealogy projects.

Make a list of brick walls you have abandoned. What can you do in 2014 to break them down?

Make a list of writing projects you would like to start and complete in 2014.

If you are not active on social media, join Facebook and Twitter. Connect with other researchers.

Make a list of books you want to read in 2014 – both genealogy research books and theme specific books.

Join a genealogy society to network, share ideas, and learn!

Set educational goals for 2014. What records do you want to learn about? On what areas of the country or world do you need information?

We’d love to hear from you and learn what your 2014 goals are. Please share in the comments.

Have a Happy New Year!

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https://sortyourstory.wordpress.com/2013/12/27/follow-friday-december-27-2013/#respondFri, 27 Dec 2013 15:00:40 +0000http://sortyourstory.wordpress.com/?p=536Here are a few posts we found interesting this week. Have you read anything you think our readers should know about? Please post your favorites in the comment section below.

Women’s Memoirs – What Tracks Do You Leave? This post encourages writing and talks about the invisible tracks we each leave every day. How will our descendants know we existed if we do not leave a written record?

Angel in your Inkwell blog – I am Not Diana Nyad. This post talks about organizing and writing.